Improvement in plows



A. W. TUCKER.

' Plow.

Pat ented Mar. 11, 1879.

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ARGYLE W. TUCKER, OF WAXAHACHIE, ASSIGNOR TO ALFORD & SORLEY, OF DALLAS,TEXAS; SAID SORLEY ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE F. ALFORD,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT l N PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,149, dated March11, 1879 application filed August 17 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARGYLE W. TUCKER, of\Vaxahachie, in the county of Ellis and State of Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do hereby declarethat the following; is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to plows, and has for its object to improve theworking of the same when used in black land, or in such earth as willnot readily slip from the mold-board, but

sticks thereto, rendering the action of the device incapable of doinggood work; and it consists in providing the plow with a means by whichthe mold-board is heated, which overcomes the difficulty.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis a plan view, Fig. 2 is a section online 00 0c of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, ofa device embodying my invention.

A represents the plow-beam B, the standard; O, the mold board; D, theland-side, and E the plowshare.

In the drawings the mold-board is represented as hinged to theplowshare. To the back of the plowshare is attached a fire-box, F,having a grate, a, near the bottom, a hinged door, I), at the rear, anda draft-flue, c, extending back near the rear end of the mold-board, asshown in Fig. 3. The front end of the standard is slotted, as shown atd, for convenience in regulating the draft of the plow. The mold-board Ois hinged to the share E, for convenience in putting the fire or fuelinto the fire-box, and for convenience in regulating the mold-board.

In use, the fire is placed in or ignited in the fire-box F, which heatsthe mold-board, which makes the earth slip more readily from themold-board when plowing, and thereby renders the plow lighter of draft,and better work is accomplished.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a plow, the combination of a moldboard and fire-box, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the share E, hinged mold-board O, and fire-box F,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The fire-box F, provided with a draftflue, 0, in combination with amold-board, G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The fire-box F, provided with a fine, 0, grate a, and hinged door I),in combination with the mold-board O and share E, as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARGYLE W. TUCKER.

Witnesses N. B. LANGSFORD, MARK PATTON.

